House GOP full speed ahead on Trump bill

CONGRESS

Leaders race toward vote on tax, spending cuts, daring critics to oppose the president

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., with House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., left, speaks to reporters as he heads to the chamber at the Capitol in Washington on Wednesday as the House prepares to vote on the tax and spending package President Donald Trump wants passed before July Fourth. J. Scott Applewhite — the associated press

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., speaks outside the Capitol on Wednesday about Trump’s sweeping tax and domestic policy legislation. “Every single House Democrat will vote hell no,” he said. Haiyun Jiang — The New York Times

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By Kevin Freking and Lisa Mascaro

The Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Republican leaders in the House were sprinting toward a vote Wednesday on President Donald Trump’s tax and spending cuts package, determined to seize momentum from a hard-fought vote in the Senate while essentially daring members to defy their party’s leader and vote against it.

“The American people gave us a clear mandate, and after four years of Democrat failure, we intend to deliver without delay,” the top four House GOP leaders said Tuesday after the bill passed the Senate 51-50, thanks to Vice President JD Vance’s tiebreaking vote.